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It’s not up to the premier’s staff to decide who’s a journalist — except when it is

9 mins

Responding yesterday to criticism for letting Alberta Premier Jason Kenney take a question from a reporter for a controversial right-wing news site during Tuesday’s virtual COVID-19 update, Press Secretary Christine Myatt tweeted defensively that “I

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David Climenhaga

Canadian Politics

Jun 10, 2020

Corrupt language corrupts minds: Police are civilians, under control of civilians

9 mins

One of the bees in my bonnet has long been the misuse of the term civilian to describe people who are not sworn police officers. I wrote the post below almost a decade ago —

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jun 9, 2020

Somehow South Tyrolean autonomy doesn’t sound like the best way to sell the Alberta Fair Deal Panel’s dumb ideas

8 mins

Sure sounds like Jason Kenney has a problem. He’s promised to release his Fair Deal Panel’s report next Monday, but it’s not at all clear Albertans are going to like what they hear. In politics,

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David Climenhaga

Bestsellers

Jun 7, 2020

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens tops independent Alberta booksellers fiction bestseller list

2 mins

Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold by independent booksellers in Alberta during the week ended Sunday, May 31, 2020. The lists are compiled by the Book Publishers Association

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jun 6, 2020

Despite COVID-19, 15,000 people join Fight for Equity rally against racism at Alberta Legislature

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A mostly youthful throng estimated at more than 15,000 people braved the coronavirus pandemic yesterday evening to join the Fight for Equity rally against racism at the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton. The rally was organized

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jun 5, 2020

Alberta’s Bill 1 is bad law, bad theatre, and an unconstitutional attack on the fundamental rights of citizens

7 mins

If the passage of Bill 1 by the Alberta Legislature last month demonstrates anything, it’s the contempt in which Premier Jason Kenney and the United Conservative Party hold the rule of law. Mr. Kenney and

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jun 4, 2020

No need to lose much sleep over yesterday’s firearms ownership announcement by the UCP

11 mins

If you’re worried by the announcement Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is seeking ways of “respecting law-abiding Albertans’ long history of responsible firearms ownership,” there’s no need to lose much sleep just yet. The premier’s press

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jun 2, 2020

Parole boards! Rodeo! Guns! The U.S. may be in flames while the world goes viral, but Alberta’s legislators cut to the chase!

6 mins

The great republic to our south is in flames, led by an American Nero and seemingly teetering on the brink of martial law. At the same moment, the world is convulsed by an entirely new

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jun 1, 2020

Jason Kenney’s bloviations about medical matters may have found a friendly audience south of the Medicine Line

6 mins

Stuff UCPers Say! Epidemiologists and other scientific types may not like it very much when Alberta Premier Jason Kenney equates COVID-19 with influenza, but at least Fox News seems to be on side. Last Wednesday

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jun 11, 2020

It’s not up to the premier’s staff to decide who’s a journalist — except when it is

David Climenhaga

Canadian Politics

Jun 10, 2020

Corrupt language corrupts minds: Police are civilians, under control of civilians

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jun 9, 2020

Somehow South Tyrolean autonomy doesn’t sound like the best way to sell the Alberta Fair Deal Panel’s dumb ideas

David Climenhaga

Bestsellers

Jun 7, 2020

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens tops independent Alberta booksellers fiction bestseller list

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jun 6, 2020

Despite COVID-19, 15,000 people join Fight for Equity rally against racism at Alberta Legislature

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jun 5, 2020

Alberta’s Bill 1 is bad law, bad theatre, and an unconstitutional attack on the fundamental rights of citizens

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jun 4, 2020

No need to lose much sleep over yesterday’s firearms ownership announcement by the UCP

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jun 2, 2020

Parole boards! Rodeo! Guns! The U.S. may be in flames while the world goes viral, but Alberta’s legislators cut to the chase!

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jun 1, 2020

Jason Kenney’s bloviations about medical matters may have found a friendly audience south of the Medicine Line

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